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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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