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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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