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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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