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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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