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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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