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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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