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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently 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 several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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