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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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