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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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