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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually 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 issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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