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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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