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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not 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 topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about 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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