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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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