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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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