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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not 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 topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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