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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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