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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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