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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally 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 issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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