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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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