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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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