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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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