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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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