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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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