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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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