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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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