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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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