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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses 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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