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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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