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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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