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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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