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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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