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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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