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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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