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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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