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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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