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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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