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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly 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. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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