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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners 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 lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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