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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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