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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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