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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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