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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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