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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently 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 online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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