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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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