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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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