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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally 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 several topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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