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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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