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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students 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 a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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