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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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