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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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