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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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