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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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