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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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