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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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