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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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