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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 several subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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