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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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