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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not 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 subjects that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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