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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are usually 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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