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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free 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 several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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