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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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