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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally 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 issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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