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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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