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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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