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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally 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 several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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