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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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