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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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