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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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