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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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