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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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