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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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