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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always 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 topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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