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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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