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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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