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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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