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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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