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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily 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. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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