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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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