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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally 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. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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