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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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