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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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