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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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