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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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