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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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