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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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