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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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