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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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