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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs 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 several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines 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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