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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for students 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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