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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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