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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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