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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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