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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally 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 many topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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