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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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