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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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