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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally 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 variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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