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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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