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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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