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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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