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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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