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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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