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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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