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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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