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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the 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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