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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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