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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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