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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the 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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