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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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