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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always 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 issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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