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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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