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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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