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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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