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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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