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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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