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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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