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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs 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. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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