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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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