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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free 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 issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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