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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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