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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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