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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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