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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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