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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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