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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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