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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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