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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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