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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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