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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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