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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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