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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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