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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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