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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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