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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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