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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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