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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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