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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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