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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not 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 issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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