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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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