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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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