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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally 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 many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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