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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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