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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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