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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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