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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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