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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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