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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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