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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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