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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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