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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners 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 variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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