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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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