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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key 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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