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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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