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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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