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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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