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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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