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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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