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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes 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 learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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