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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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