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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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