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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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