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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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