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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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