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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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