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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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