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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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