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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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