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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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