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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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