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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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