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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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