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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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