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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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