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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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