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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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