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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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