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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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