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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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