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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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