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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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