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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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