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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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