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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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