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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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