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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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