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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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