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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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