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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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