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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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