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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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