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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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