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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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