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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. 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 lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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