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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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