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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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