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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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