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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always 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 issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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