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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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