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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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