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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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