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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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