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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes 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 online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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