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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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