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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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