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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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