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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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