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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers 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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