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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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