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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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