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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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