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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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