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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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