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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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