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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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