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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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