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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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