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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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