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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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