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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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