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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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