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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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