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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines 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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