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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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