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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not 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 also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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