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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews 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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