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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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