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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners 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 many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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