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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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