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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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