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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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