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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free 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 many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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