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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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