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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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