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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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