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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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