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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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