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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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