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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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