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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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