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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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