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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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