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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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