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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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