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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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