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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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