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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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