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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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