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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are typically 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 subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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