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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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