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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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