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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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