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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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