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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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