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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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