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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 several issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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