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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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