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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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