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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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