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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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