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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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