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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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