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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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