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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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