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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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