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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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