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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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