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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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