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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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