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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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