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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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