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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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