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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources