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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores 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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