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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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