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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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