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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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