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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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 variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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