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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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