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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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