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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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