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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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