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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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