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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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