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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always 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 variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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