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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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