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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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