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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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