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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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