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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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