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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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