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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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