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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free 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 topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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