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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free 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 distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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