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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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