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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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