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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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