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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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