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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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