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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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