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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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