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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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