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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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