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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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