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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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