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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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