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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students 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 lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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