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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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