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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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