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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly 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 many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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