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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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