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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally 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 subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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