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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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