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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources