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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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