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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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