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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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