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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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