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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually 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 subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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