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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are usually 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the 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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