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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually 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 distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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