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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always 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 topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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