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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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