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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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