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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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