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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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