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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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