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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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