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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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