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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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