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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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