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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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