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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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