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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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