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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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