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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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