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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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