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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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