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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free 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 topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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