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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly 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 several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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