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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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