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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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