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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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