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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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 several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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