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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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