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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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