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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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 several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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