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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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