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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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