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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 several topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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