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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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