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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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