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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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