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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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