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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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