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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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