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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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