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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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