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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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