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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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