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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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