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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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