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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students 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 many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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