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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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