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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always 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 topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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