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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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