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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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