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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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