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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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