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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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