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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the 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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