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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. 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. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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