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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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