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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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