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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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