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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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