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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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