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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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