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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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