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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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