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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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