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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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