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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key 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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