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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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