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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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