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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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