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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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