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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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