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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically 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 issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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