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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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