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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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