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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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