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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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