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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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