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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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