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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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