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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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