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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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