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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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