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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually 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 many subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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