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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always 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 subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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