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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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