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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor 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 digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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