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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies 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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