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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually 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 elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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