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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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