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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are typically 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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