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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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