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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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