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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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