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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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