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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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