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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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