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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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