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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are typically 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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