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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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