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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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