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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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