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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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