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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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