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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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