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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always 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 subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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