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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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