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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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