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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not 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 variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important 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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