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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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