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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students 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. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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