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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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