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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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