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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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