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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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