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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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