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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners 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 many issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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