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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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