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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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