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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources