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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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