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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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