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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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