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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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