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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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