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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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