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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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