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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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