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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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