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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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