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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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