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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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