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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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