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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education