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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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