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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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