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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key 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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