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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free 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 distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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