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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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