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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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