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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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