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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually 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 many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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