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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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