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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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