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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are 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 several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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