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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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