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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies 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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