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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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