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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are generally 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 many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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