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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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