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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are generally 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 topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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