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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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