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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 several subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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