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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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