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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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