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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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