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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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