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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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