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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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