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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for students 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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