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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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