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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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