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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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