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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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