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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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