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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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