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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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