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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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