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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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