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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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