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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 many issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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