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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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