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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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