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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners 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 numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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