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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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