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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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