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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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