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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners 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. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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