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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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