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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education