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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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