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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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