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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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