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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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