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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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