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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key 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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