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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly 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. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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