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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 online learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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