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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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