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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs 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. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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