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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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 many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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