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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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