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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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