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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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