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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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