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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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