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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning enable students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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