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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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